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SPONDYLOLISTHESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spondylolisthesis mean?
• SPONDYLOLISTHESIS (noun)
The noun SPONDYLOLISTHESIS has 1 sense:
1. a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves
Familiarity information: SPONDYLOLISTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("spondylolisthesis" is a kind of...):
dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))
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